Octopus Tracker

RavingMad

northernstar007 said:

PennineAcute said:

QrizB said:

Telegraph_Sam said:

Looks like there's a left aligned and a right aligned bookmark icon. And one version where it is solid and one where it is just outlined

Solid ones are for threads you've bookmarked. Outined ones you haven't bookmarked.

In Octopus Tracker news, I've been enjoying my 4.09p/kWh gas today but it's still stubbornly above the psychologically-satisfying 4p/kWh mark!

NW hit 3.99p / kWh.  Tomorrow it's 4p / kWh.  We hit it

hold on to any major washes etc till after the following day prices have came out then decide when to hit cheapest elecky, tomorrow i'm on elecky 12.92p and gas 3.94kw, loving this
ps its 10.50pm i'm wanting to cook some chicken strips in the airfryer and i can hold out just over an hour for them for cheaper meal and another trick let the laptop run its power down, then a full recharge at midnight

To save 2p? That's extreme money saving!
I will put the timer on the dishwasher so that it does it thing after midnight but whilst the gas prices are low, I'm turning the thermostat up to 20 and not lighting the wood stove

MultiFuelBurner

The best days are coming up

pfpf

"New wind power records are set regularly, and between 5:30pm and 6:00pm on 20th December 2023 British wind farms averaged a record 21.71GW of generation."

Telegraph_Sam

Is there not some complicated quirk that I half heard about - that if too much power is wind generated, more than the infrastructure can handle, that this then creates costs that the consumer is lumbered with? Classic no win situation

MultiFuelBurner

Telegraph_Sam said:

Is there not some complicated quirk that I half heard about - that if too much power is wind generated, more than the infrastructure can handle, that this then creates costs that the consumer is lumbered with? Classic no win situation

Yes you have to pay to dump excess energy or like with Agile they pay the consumers to use their energy during these periods to reduce the amount that has to be paid to be dumped in Europe.

If there was ever a good time for Octopus to offer free energy sessions Christmas Eve and Christmas Day look like ideal candidates.

Telegraph_Sam

So is that reflected in the price per kWh which isn't as low as it "ought" to be?

pfpf

pfpf said:

"New wind power records are set regularly, and between 5:30pm and 6:00pm on 20th December 2023 British wind farms averaged a record 21.71GW of generation."

21.89GW as of now.

MultiFuelBurner

pfpf said:

pfpf said:

"New wind power records are set regularly, and between 5:30pm and 6:00pm on 20th December 2023 British wind farms averaged a record 21.71GW of generation."

21.89GW as of now.

Lots of wind here and more to come apparently.

Great for Tracker 👍

QrizB

Telegraph_Sam said:

So is that reflected in the price per kWh which isn't as low as it "ought" to be?

Not exactly. The costs for abatement and CFDs get included in Ofgem's calculation of the cap.

la531983

11.8p in my region tomorrow. Down it continues.